Inside HR

You asked and Janet answered. Read Janet’s response below to the question submitted in the September edition of Inside HR&A .

As always, “Ask Janet” invites you to share your questions and ideas about work and work/life with Vice President for Human Resources and Administration...

Chief Ronnell Higgins leads by example, and his values and deep sense of ethics are seen in everything he does. Recently, he was honored by the Connecticut Chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), as he received the NAACP’s “100 Most Influential” award...

On Saturday, October 13, 2018, Yale will partner with United Way of Greater New Haven and other organizations in sponsoring the first New Haven Day of Caring—a day dedicated to beautification projects throughout the city. Volunteering provides an opportunity to positively impact our community...

Sunday, September 23, marked the eighth annual Multicultural Block Party. This year’s celebration was led by Diane Chandler of Human Resources, Fallon Thomas of Orthopedics, and Annie Lin of the Yale-China Association. With over 800 attendees, including staff and their families, faculty,...

Celebrate Sustainability , which will take place October 8 -12, 2018, is a weeklong series of events and activities to raise awareness and engagement around sustainability. This year’s events will center around the theme of Healthy Yale, Healthy Planet. To see the full lineup of events,...

The 2018 summer internship season has come to a successful close with 94 interns from New Haven Promise completing internships in 32 departments campus wide. Within Human Resources, diligent work was done by Melanie Espinal in HR Communications, Deni Cifuentes in OESD, and Olivia Buckholz, who...

Deborah Stanley-McAulay, Senior Director & Chief Diversity Officer recently received a Leadership Excellence Award from the Tri-State Diversity Council. The National Diversity Council seeks not only to uphold and promote the principles of leadership but also seeks to recognize those...

How long have you worked at Yale? I have been in my current role for about a year and a half. I started in HR in 2013 as a temporary employee and then left for grad school. Once I completed my master’s in public relations at Quinnipiac, I returned to Yale and...

This summer, the University has hired 93 New Haven Promise interns, the largest number of interns since the start of the partnership in 2014. Interns have been placed in 32 departments across campus, with many of the departments hiring multiple interns. Six new departments have joined the...

On June 18, five of the twelve students living in the Hall of Graduate Studies moved into their new residence hall at 272 Elm Street—a brand new, 82-bed facility located atop the soon-to-be home of LL Bean (opening in August). These two-bedroom, fully furnished suites offer graduate &...

Did you know? Right outside the door of training room LL5/6 at 221 Whitney Avenue sits a garden filled with herbs, flowers, picnic tables, and sunshine. The HR Green Team has been maintaining the herb garden since 2015 as part of Yale’s sustainability plan. Herbs from the garden have been used...